Young Turkmen chess players have significantly increased their international ratings, having successfully performed at the World Championship among cadets up to 8, 10 and 12 years old, which was held from October 15 to 26 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Mohammed bin Salman, Prince of Saudi Arabia, announced that his country will begin hosting annual esports tournaments starting in the summer of 2024. In these competitions, clubs will compete in various disciplines with the goal of winning “record prize money” and being crowned “absolute world champion.” Information about this statement was published on the portal Reuters.com.
The Turkmen football club "Ahal" went to Tashkent, where it will play a match in the third
round of the Asian Champions League against the Uzbek "Pakhtakor", the team's press
service reports.
The head of the Asian Football Confederation, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, during the extraordinary congress of the organization, on behalf of all members of the AFC Association, expressed a desire to support Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2034 World Cup. This is reported by the UZ agency.
Young Turkmen athletes won five medals - three gold, two silver - at the international ATP 14& Under tennis tournament, which took place from October 13 to 20 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
Turkmen athletes won ten medals - three gold, two silver and five bronze - at the World Belt Wrestling Championship among athletes under 20 held in Tajik Khujand. This is reported by the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the country.
International sports competitions "Tactical Games of the UAE – Turkmenistan" were held in Ashgabat, dedicated to the 28th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. This is reported by the press service of the UAE Embassy in Turkmenistan.
The World Chess Championship among boys and girls up to 8, 10 and 12 years old, which opened on October 16 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, gathered more than 500 participants from 67 countries, including Turkmenistan.
